Chesterfield vs Pendleton

A side-by-side comparison of Chesterfield and Pendleton: population, income, housing, and more.

Chesterfield and Pendleton are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pendleton has the higher population (5,115 vs 2,733 in Chesterfield). Pendleton has the higher median household income ($87,971 vs $58,125 in Chesterfield). Pendleton has the higher median home value ($236,200 vs $102,300 in Chesterfield).

Population, income & housing

	Chesterfield	Pendleton
Population	2,733	5,115
Median age	40.9 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,125	$87,971
Median home value	$102,300	$236,200
Median gross rent	$957	$1,154
Housing units	1,172	2,212
Homeownership rate	70.6%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	37.5%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesterfield	Pendleton
Population	2,472 → 2,733 (+10.6%)	4,246 → 5,115 (+20.5%)
Median household income	$44,476 → $58,125 (+30.7%)	$66,497 → $87,971 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$65,700 → $102,300 (+55.7%)	$152,700 → $236,200 (+54.7%)
Median gross rent	$823 → $957 (+16.3%)	$862 → $1,154 (+33.9%)

Chesterfield

Population

2,4722,733

Median household income

$44,476$58,125

Median home value

$65,700$102,300

Median gross rent

$823$957

Pendleton

Population

4,2465,115

Median household income

$66,497$87,971

Median home value

$152,700$236,200

Median gross rent

$862$1,154

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chesterfield	Pendleton
Under 5	4.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.4%	20.1%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.8%	10.0%
35 to 44	18.9%	16.2%
45 to 54	8.9%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.9%	12.8%
65 to 74	13.6%	7.9%
75 and over	6.8%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesterfield	Pendleton
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesterfield	Pendleton
No high school diploma	7.6%	7.2%
High school graduate	43.1%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesterfield	Pendleton
Drove alone	75.2%	72.1%
Carpooled	10.3%	7.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	18.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesterfield	Pendleton
1-unit, detached	81.2%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.5%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Chesterfield	Pendleton
Poverty rate	11.4%	5.5%
Average household size	2.46	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1958	1987